What Are The Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And Winter Dream

The similarities between Dexter and Gatsby are why “Winter Dreams” is a prototype of The Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is a man that is born into a poor family but gets rich through illegal work, which is similar to Dexter in “Winter Dreams”, who is also poor at first but then gets rich through a laundry company. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald writes about Gatsby’s becoming by explaining that his parents are unsuccessful farm people that he does not see as a parents and he leaves to lead a new life as a rich man (Fitzgerald 98). Gatsby starts off as a poor man who wants to be someone else. He creates a better version of himself , a version that is not dragged down by poverty. Gatsby wants to be a successful person in life and changing his identity to break away from his lower class lifestyle was his way to do it. Later on, Gatsby uses this to become rich and get back with Daisy. In “Winter Dreams”, Dexters main dreams are to be successful and get Judy. His motivation for quitting his caddy job and starting his laundry company is to gain money, and in turn, win over Judy. Both men are influenced by women and their desperation to get them as well as their desire to be more than what class they were born into. Although the characters are very similar they show differences in how Dexter views his relationship with Judy and how Gatsby perceives his relationship with Daisy. In “Winter Dreams” Fitzgerald shows the two characters differences by writing “The dream was gone [...] ‘long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing

The Human Condition is a big part of our understanding of literature, it can mean death, acceptance, judgment, and several other diverse things. It is about the positive or negative aspects of humans that everyone all universally deals with at least one time in one’s life. In the novel “The Great Gatsby”, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the short stories Raymond Carver’s “Everything Stuck to Him”, and Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, all have the most prominent human condition: love. Love is portrayed as society’s primary concern in literature, and is represented as a main concern in today’s society .

     In the text, The Great Gatsby, the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald leads us to sympathize with the central character of the text, Jay Gatsby. Fitzgerald evokes our sympathy using non-linear narrative and extended flashbacks as well as imagery, characterization and theme. Through these mediums, Fitzgerald is able to reveal Gatsby as a character who is in an unrelenting pursuit of an unattainable dream. While narrative and imagery reveal him to be a mysterious character, Gatsby's flaw is his ultimate dream which makes him a tragic figure and one with which we sympathize.

The similarities between Nella Larsen’s Passing and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby are fascinating because, among other things, they both portray characters whose hope and progression are cut short by racism, sexual anxiety and nativism. Both novels illustrate conflicts between the past and present that highlight the paradox of what should be the traditional American dream: growth, prosperity and love. These characters embody a restlessness, self-inventiveness and movement that aggravate those who wish to follow a similar but more archaic definition of the American identity, resulting in tragic consequences that leave no opportunity for the beautiful dreamers to reach their desired goals.

They both experienced a change which gave them a greater chance of attaining the person they always wanted. “He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was.”- (The Great Gatsby 110) Jay Gatsby had known Daisy Buchanan five years prior to when he moved to New York. They lost contact when Jay went to fight in the war, and Daisy decided to marry Tom. When Jay moved to West Egg, their paths crossed once again. “His heart turned over like the fly-wheel of the boat, and, for the second time, her casual whim gave a new direction in his life.” (Winter Dreams 4). When Dexter Green first met Judy Jones, he was part of a middle class family. After this Dexter went to college and became the owner of numerous laundromats. He came in contact with Judy for the second time, and felt as though he needed her in order to complete his transition from the middle class to becoming an upper class citizen. Despite reconnecting with the person who meant the most to them, the relationship didn’t last for either Jay Gatsby or Dexter

Imagine a world where one side of the equator was filled with wealth, happiness, and content. Now imagine the other side of the equator filled with poverty, sadness, and death. These two completely opposing halves enhance each other's descriptions and make one think of each side more deeply about the concept. This same scenario is also present in one of America’s favorite novels based upon the 1920s and the American dream. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald juxtaposes two contrasting places, the Valley of Ashes and New York City, using imagery to magnify the difference between reality and a fantasy, which is central to the meaning of the work.

The Great Gatsby, a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a story of misguided love between a man and a woman. Fitzgerald takes his reader through the turbulence and trials of Jay Gatsby’s life and of his pining for the girl he met five years prior. The main theme of the novel, however, is not solely about the love shared between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. The main purpose is to show the decline and decay of the American Dream in the 1920’s. The American Dream is the goal or idea which suggests that all people can succeed through hard work, and that all have the potential to live happy, successful lives. While on the surface, Gatsby

The differences between Gatsby and Green are far more complex compared to their similarities, although locations and characters seem equivalent, their business ventures, overall dreams and self-identity begin to diverge completely. Jay Gatsby, as Daisy later finds out made his fortune though illegal activities such as bootleg operations and therefore this discredits his character. Meanwhile, Dexter attends a prominent university and then becomes an entrepreneur, making his fortune by honest hard work. While they both dream of the woman they idealize, Dexter is not as obsessed with Judy as Jay is with Daisy. Gatsby makes it his mission in life to alter who he is on the inside and outside in order to compel Daisy to be with him. He changes his name and creates this mysterious persona. His lavish lifestyle, parties and acquaintances are all a façade in order to be around Daisy and emulate the high society she

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, portrays the life of a man who is truly focused on one dream: to reclaim the love of his life. Fitzgerald illustrates the problem of being so single-minded through Gatsby’s ultimate demise. His slow evolution and reveal of the character of Gatsby leads to a devastating climax once his dream fails. Fitzgerald uses extended metaphor and sharp diction to depict Gatsby’s crumbling life in his last moments.

Oftentimes society gets so caught up in achieving greatness that it is blinded to the obstacles of reality. The American Dream can sometimes be so unachievable yet so alluring that people cannot help but strive after it as if it were their destiny. Fitzgerald highlights this phenomenon in his novel The Great Gatsby through many characters and their pursuit of their own American Dreams. Fitzgerald uses figurative language and contrasting diction to show his cynical attitude about the pursuit of the American Dream and the blindness of those who believe in it.

     F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a tragic tale of love distorted by obsession. Finding himself in the city of New York, Jay Gatsby is a loyal and devoted man who is willing to cross oceans and build mansions for his one true love. His belief in realistic ideals and his perseverance greatly influence all the decisions he makes and ultimately direct the course of his life. Gatsby has made a total commitment to a dream, and he does not realize that his dream is hollow. Although his intentions are true, he sometimes has a crude way of getting his point across. When he makes his ideals heard, his actions are wasted on a thoughtless and shallow society. Jay Gatsby effectively embodies a romantic idealism

Everyone has dreams of being successful in life. When the word American comes to mind one often thinks of the land of opportunity. This dream was apparent with the first settlers, and it is apparent in today’s society. In F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925), he illustrates the challenges and tragedies associated with the American dream. By examining Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson through the narrator Nick Carraway, I understand the complex nature of the American dream. Jay Gatsby represents the cost complex of them all.

In both texts, Fitzgerald builds up a history full of hope and promises behind his characters’ lives, but in the end, their hopes do not come true. He creates two different characters, Dexter and Gatsby, with a similar plot structure of and his father a successful grocer, matches what foundation is built for Gatsby, The characters’ ordinary backgrounds motivate them to become successful; they both Eventually, Gatsby and Dexter are blinded by their success that they believe that they could reach goals that are not actually there, or could not be reached. Such goals would be, for Dexter being with Judy, and believing that Judy is a perfect woman, when she is not. All she has is her charm that manipulates men whom she did not even care about For

F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the finest American authors of the twentieth century wrote The Great Gatsby during the Jazz Age to critique the distortion of the American dream, and his work has lasted long past his lifetime. Fitzgerald discusses the nature of love and wealth and stresses the importance of defining a person beyond their external position. In his novel, letter to his daughter, and the screenplay adapted from the novel, it is clear that F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes exposition, narration, and imagery to illustrate how people in the 1920s did not understand the meaning of true love and worried about superficial characteristics, thus resulting in the corruption of the American dream from the pursuit of true love and equality to the pursuit of wealth and discrimination; however, he moralizes that human beings are capable of emotional growth and of escaping the illusion of wealth.

    "It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which is not likely I shall ever find again." (2). The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel that takes place in the Roaring 20's. It's about a man who changes everything he is for the inaccessible woman of his dreams. After losing her before the war because of his financial status, he finally tries to win her heart back through his newly attained money. She is faced with a cheating husband and a man who wants to repeat the past. In the end, she has blood on her hands. After all his effort, he loses her in a heated argument and he loses his life to a